Nerrissa Shurtluff and others gathered outside Tufts Medical Center in Boston. Nurses from Tufts and Boston Medical Center protested what they say are dangerous changes to staffing.
(Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff)
Costs on rise, nurses protest staffing changes
Nerrissa Shurtluff and others gathered outside Tufts Medical Center in Boston. Nurses from Tufts and Boston Medical Center protested what they say are dangerous changes to staffing.
(Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff)
Tufts Medical Center says it has found a way to trim the high cost of nursing while improving care, but the plan prompted a protest yesterday outside the Boston hospital by nurses, who say it is an example of the intense cost-cutting pressure on hospitals statewide. (Full article: 921 words)
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